Dress-stay



A. BAGLBY.

(No Model.)

DRESS STAY.

No. 571,327 Patented Nov. 17, 1896.

@WITWESSES [NVEWTOYR By. flitorney -Nitnn STATES I ATEN'I FFICEQ ALLENBAGLEY, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

DRESS-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,327, dated November17, 1896.

Application filedMarch 16,1896, Serial No- 583,32'7. (N0 model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN BAGLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ypsilanti, county of iVashtenaw, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dress-Stays; and Ideclare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention has for its object an improved dress-stay of simple andeconomical construction and of superior efficiency and utility.

It consists of the construction hereinafter specified and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a planview. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective showing parts broken away. Fig. 3is a cross-section on an enlarged scale in order to more clearlyrepresent certain parts of my invention.

My invention is designed to provide an improved dress-stay, as anarticle of manufacture, formed of a woven fabric A, the warp of thefabric consisting of stiffening-blades or warp-strips corrugated ontheir edges, and a warp of textile threads, the woof of the woven fabricconsisting of textile threads, the dress-stay as an article ofmanufacture being formed by weaving the warp-strips or blades and thewarp-threads into the woofthreads,the blades or warp-strips being woveninto the stay as an integral part of the fabric,

the textile threads being woven compactly;

about the blades to secure and hold them in place.

In the drawings, A A represent stiffening blades or warp-strips,preferably made of metal, although they may be made of any othersuitable material, said blades being toothed or corrugated upon theirlateral edges, as in dicated in the drawings, the blades being thusformed with a series of recesses a between the teeth ct upon the edgesof the blades.

B represents warp-threads of suitable textile material, and 0 representstextile woofthreads. The threads of the woof inclose the lateral facesof said blades, and are crossed therebetween and attheir outer edges,and in so doing the woof-threads, as will be obvious, are drawn into therecesses Ct at the cor rugated edges of the blades between the teeth,thereby holding the blades firmly in place and effectually andcompletely preventing endwise movement of said blades in the stay. Thetextile warp-threads are tightly compacted in the woven structure at theouter edges of the stay, forming selvages on the lateral edges of thestay, through which the stay may readily be stitched into or upon agarment. The blades, it will be noticed, are

separated by the crossed textile woof-threads, which, however, enteringthe recesses thereat, as above described, permit the points of the teethcoming close together. The stifiening-blades being thus woven into thefabric as a component part thereof, the textile threads of the woofbeing drawn into the recesses at the corrugated edges of the blades, itis evident that there is no liability of the blades working endwise orever getting out of position. By this means a very serious objection todress-stays as heretofore commonly constructed is entirely overcome.

The stay constructed in this manner may be woven upon a suitable weavingmachine or loom.

To conceal and finish the ends of the stay, the fabric so formed isprovided with shields D of any suitable material lapped over the ends ofthe woven fabric and secured thereto in any desired manner, as by astaple E inserted through the shield and fabric. has much as thestiffening-blades are held from working endwise, as above described,there is no liability of the ends of the blades wearing through theshields, and all liability of the stay wearing the garment to which itis attached is effectually prevented. The blades may be japanned ortreated with other waterproofing material if made of steel, if desired,to prevent any liability of corrosion. Obviously the construction issimple. There is no cement, gutta-percha, gum, or similar compoundrequired to stick any parts of the fabric together, and consequently noliability of any of the parts working loose, as is frequently the caseasheretofore made, where heat and moisture from the body impair thestructures commonly heretofore used, and which are apt to give anunpleasant odor.

What I claim as my invention is-' Ice 1. A dressstay formed of a Wovenfabric, having stiffening-blades woven into the fabric as an integralpart thereof, said blades corrugated their entire length on both theirlateral edges, the threads of the woven fabric on both sides of saidblades being drawn into the recesses formed by said corrugations, tohold the blades from endwise movement in the fabric, as set forth.

2. A dress-stay formed of a woven fabric consisting of stiffeningwarp-strips or blades A, A, textile warp-threads B, and textilewoof-threads G interwoven with the Warpthreads in the manner set forth,said blades being corrugated their entire length on both their lateraledges, the textile woof-threads from end to end of said blades beingdrawn into the recesses on both the corrugated edges of the blades, toprevent endwise movement of the blades, said fabric having lateralselvages of textile threads, through Which the stay may be stitchedintoplace, for the purpose set forth.

A dress-stay formed of a Woven fabric consisting of textilewoof-threads, stiffening warp-strips or blades corrugated from end toend on their lateral edges, and textile Warpthreads, the woof-threadsinterwoven with said blades and warp-threads, and the Woof threadscrossing between the adjacent edges of said blades and at the outeredges thereof, and arranged from end to end of said blades in therecesses at both the corrugated edges of the blades to hold the bladesfrom endwise movement, said fabric having lateral selvages of textilethreads, through which the stay may be stitched into place, and saidblades constituting an integral part of the woven fabric, substantiallyas set forth.

I11 testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

Vitn esses:

N. S. WRIGHT, JOHN F. MILLER.

